The reasoner
Last updated ISSN 1757-0522
The reasoner is an academic journal in computer science. It is open access. Its article processing charge is not published.
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What it publishes
Recent work in The reasoner concentrates on these topics, taken from its published record rather than from its own description:
- Logic, Reasoning, and Knowledge
- Epistemology, Ethics, and Metaphysics
- Philosophy, Science, and History
- Philosophy and History of Science
- Philosophy and Theoretical Science
- Bayesian Modeling and Causal Inference
- Multi-Agent Systems and Negotiation
- History and Theory of Mathematics
- Decision-Making and Behavioral Economics
- Publishing and Scholarly Communication
Key facts
| Publisher | Not recorded |
|---|---|
| ISSN | 1757-0522 |
| Subject area | Computer Science |
| Access | Open access |
| Article processing charge | Not published |
| Indexed in | DOAJ |
| Articles published | 246 |
| Citations per paper (2 yr) | 0.1 average, from OpenAlex — not the Journal Impact Factor |
| Publishing since | 2007 |
| Journal website | www.thereasoner.org |
Facts come from OpenAlex, DOAJ and Wikidata and may lag the journal’s own pages. Check the publisher’s site before submitting. Indexing shown here is what is recorded, not a complete picture — about a third of journals have no indexing recorded anywhere we can read, so “not recorded” does not mean a journal is absent from Scopus or Web of Science.
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